diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/node/add/main_test.go b/internal/app/wwctl/node/add/main_test.go
index f0c7e7df..71513ea1 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/node/add/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/node/add/main_test.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ nodes:
 	_, warewulfConfErr = tempWarewulfConf.Write([]byte(conf_yml))
 	assert.NoError(t, warewulfConfErr)
 	assert.NoError(t, tempWarewulfConf.Sync())
-	warewulfconf.New().Read(tempWarewulfConf.Name())
+	assert.NoError(t, warewulfconf.New().Read(tempWarewulfConf.Name()))
 
 	nodes_yml := `WW_INTERNAL: 43`
 	tempNodeConf, nodesConfErr := os.CreateTemp("", "nodes.conf-")
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/node/list/main_test.go b/internal/app/wwctl/node/list/main_test.go
index ebd1ac3b..2717d156 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/node/list/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/node/list/main_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ nodes:
 	_, warewulfConfErr = tempWarewulfConf.Write([]byte(conf_yml))
 	assert.NoError(t, warewulfConfErr)
 	assert.NoError(t, tempWarewulfConf.Sync())
-	warewulfconf.New().Read(tempWarewulfConf.Name())
+	assert.NoError(t, warewulfconf.New().Read(tempWarewulfConf.Name()))
 
 	tempNodeConf, nodesConfErr := os.CreateTemp("", "nodes.conf-")
 	assert.NoError(t, nodesConfErr)
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/profile/list/main_test.go b/internal/app/wwctl/profile/list/main_test.go
index 00f6144f..62e2ec03 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/profile/list/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/profile/list/main_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ nodes:
 	_, warewulfConfErr = tempWarewulfConf.Write([]byte(conf_yml))
 	assert.NoError(t, warewulfConfErr)
 	assert.NoError(t, tempWarewulfConf.Sync())
-	warewulfconf.New().Read(tempWarewulfConf.Name())
+	assert.NoError(t, warewulfconf.New().Read(tempWarewulfConf.Name()))
 
 	tempNodeConf, nodesConfErr := os.CreateTemp("", "nodes.conf-")
 	assert.NoError(t, nodesConfErr)